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PaulP

Member Since: 04 May 2007
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More history here too:

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic46044.html 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG

3rd Feb 2011 4:26 pm

DiscoStu

Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412

DSL wrote:
Here's one from the front at the bottom of The Toboggan Run. I miss that place!!

Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU

3rd Feb 2011 4:32 pm

Dave

Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462

This has got to be the most followed D3! Who is going to write the book.

The life and times of The Blue Pearl

Subtitled "never been off road or offered for sale" Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"

I would Reply:
"Duratrac"

3rd Feb 2011 4:33 pm

DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin

Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73100

DiscoStu wrote:
DSL wrote:
Here's one from the front at the bottom of The Toboggan Run. I miss that place!!

There U go, a bit of nostalgia! When you in your dark era!

Click image to enlarge

3rd Feb 2011 4:40 pm

DiscoStu

Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412

Good times

Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU

3rd Feb 2011 4:48 pm

boshammacs

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: bosham
Posts: 7

To PaulP - you are a complete star!! Wow, this guy is in serious trouble. I did call him today and offer him to buy back the car at 10k and I'll chalk down the almost 9k hit (just been going through the bills - god its been a bad car) to experience but he hasnt responded. Think I'll cancel that offer.

My wife came up with a cracking idea - send the whole story to Top Gear - My initial advert, some of your (disco3 website) questions - "has this car been off-road?" with my replies. Then do a link to your videos and photos. Brilliant TV. And if you add the dealers comments from a year ago (again on this website) its even better!!!

Anyway, thanks to everyone on this site for their comments and photos/videos - it has been an enlighening, and i cant say unenjoyable, experience. Really, its quite fun!

Keep you posted with conclusion.

BTW I have sent emails to all bidders on eBay saying that the 1 owner on record isnt correct and the car has been off-road so hopefully being honest might pay dividends in the future.

Simon and Jane

3rd Feb 2011 7:30 pm

NoDo$h

Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
Posts: 19689

I like your style

I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.

3rd Feb 2011 7:33 pm

DiscoDunc

Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390

2010 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree Green

boshammacs, welcome

i did have a bit of a chuckle when you said it hadnt been offroad. if thats what your were told and have evidence then I would go after the seller big time.

hope you get the result you are looking for

Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
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D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
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D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
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3rd Feb 2011 7:44 pm

boshammacs

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: bosham
Posts: 7

disco3wannabe

Member Since: 12 Jun 2009
Location: UK
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Unnecessary quote removed

Hang on, paid Â£15k, potential discrepancy on V5, you didnt get it near Coventry or Leicester did you?

Nope - was from Surrey. Someone trying to move it away from people in the know, maybe?!

Anyone know a good lawyer I should contact?

3rd Feb 2011 8:31 pm

DiscoDunc

Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390

we used these guys for a personal injury claim and they were excellant - they also do false representaion claims so I dont see why they wouldnt be just as good

http://www.alkers.net/civil/misrepresentation/

Paul Alkers is the the chap who we dealt with. If we recommend them to you we get Â£200, so mention me

Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide

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3rd Feb 2011 8:47 pm

Landy_Mad_Foreigner

Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place
Posts: 411

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Zambezi Silver

Boshammacs,

Good luck with selling the D3.

At that price I'd expect a few to be tempted to fix the problems One Wife.......Livid

BAS Remap, RLD Sumpguard Side Steps, A-Bar and LR Driving Lights - Just a start but more to come

1984 Series III SWB on the mend and getting better

3rd Feb 2011 8:48 pm

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2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Tangiers Orange

Hi boshmatics - apologies if you felt I was OTT - but in essensce there was some truth in my 'fishy feeling' it just turns out that you would have been Â£Â£Â£Â£ better off if YOU had of had the 'something fishy' feeling before you parted with the cash in the first place. I wish you good luck in your quest to screw every penny out of those that seem to have ripped you off - and good luck with the Clarkson lot - make sure you point out that Hamster admired it back when it was shiny and new!!
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3rd Feb 2011 10:29 pm

boshammacs

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: bosham
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Thanks guys. DiscoDunc - thanks, Ive given them a call but seems like they only do personal injury at the moment but they are pointing me in the right direction.

Classically, The Blue Pearl has been editing all his comments from last year. I had printed out, and copied to email, the first 2 pages but Im missing 3rd page. It makes him look even more guilty trying to cover up his tracks!

4th Feb 2011 4:16 pm

boshammacs

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: bosham
Posts: 7

Duncan

Paul Alkers is the the chap who we dealt with. If we recommend them to you we get Â£200, so mention me Thumbs Up Duncan

Spoke with Paul and said I got the referal from someone on this site - if you dont get the Â£200 and I do win then consider yourself covered as the past conversations are priceless. I'd paid a deposit when those conversations were written but didnt actually buy the car until a week later so he knew all about it, and Anrew mentions that he spoke with him.

4th Feb 2011 4:35 pm

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Posts edited...how strange......I wonder if Martins server keeps a nice log of the original posts.........how helpful would that be?
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4th Feb 2011 4:47 pm